Echoes of cold war as US accused of meddling in another Brazilian election

<p>Claims that Trump and Rubio are trying to influence result have parallels with CIA intervention 64 years ago</p><p>The year was 1962 and the Kennedy administration was desperate to swing Brazil’s congressional elections against its leftwing president, João Goulart, as a way of countering the supposed communist threat sweeping a region the US considered its back yard.</p><p>Historians say that in the lead-up to the vote, the CIA and the Department of State secretly channelled millions of dollars to opposition candidates and a group tasked with spreading rightwing propaganda and stirring up unrest.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/us-trump-rubio-meddling-brazil-election">Continue reading...</a>